Senior Quality Engineer

A Senior Quality Engineer Performance & Automation will design and execute performance, load, stress, and scalability testing using tools such as JMeter/K6, embedding automated performance quality gates into CI/CD pipelines to identify and prevent latency, throughput, and scalability issues before production releases.

The role also requires hands-on scripting and test automation, deep-dive bottleneck analysis using APM/observability tools, and building AI-enabled and self-healing workflows while partnering with development and platform teams to reduce operational toil, automate change governance, and improve release reliability.

About this role :

This role designs, implements, and optimizes performance, load, and scalability testing solutions across digital technology platforms within the Quality Engineering CoE. Operating across development squads, the engineer focuses on shifting operations from reactive to proactive by developing robust test automation frameworks, integrating performance quality gates into CI/CD pipelines, translating manual operational processes into automated and AI-driven workflows, and isolating complex latency/throughput bottlenecks before production release.

What you'll do :

- Performance Strategy & Execution : Design and execute comprehensive load, stress, endurance, and scalability test suites using JMeter, translating Non-Functional Requirements (NFRs) into performance thresholds.

- Shift-Left CI/CD Performance Gating : Embed automated performance test suites into CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions), setting automated threshold checks that fail builds on performance degradation.

- APM Correlation & Root Cause Triage : Utilize Dynatrace, Azure App Insights, and Grafana to correlate real-time load test metrics with distributed transaction traces, CPU/memory profiles, and backend bottlenecks.

- Workflow Automation & AI Enablement : Translate manual operational tasks into automated, AI-driven workflows (leveraging Azure OpenAI and GCP Gemini platforms) and build PoC capabilities for self-healing systems.

- DevOps Change Governance : Partner with Platform Operations and Squads to automate change management approvals using ServiceNow DevOps Change Velocity and implement "SLOs as Code".

- Technical Guidance : Review test code, mentor associate engineers on performance testing best practices, and maintain testing documentation across the CoE.

What you'll bring :

- Performance Testing Tooling : Expert hands-on proficiency in Apache JMeter (or K6/NBomber) for designing complex workload models, distributed tests, and custom assertions.

- CI/CD Integration : Demonstrated experience embedding automated performance scripts and automated regression gating into Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, or Harness release pipelines.

- Observability & APM Mastery : Practical expertise utilizing Dynatrace, Azure Application Insights, or Grafana for deep-dive thread profiling, transaction tracing, and identifying system-level bottlenecks.

- Programming & Automation Scripting : Strong scripting skills in Python, Java, or TypeScript to develop utility scripts, custom plugins, and automated data loaders.

- AI-Augmented Engineering (Desirable) : Practical familiarity leveraging LLMs and AI platforms (Azure OpenAI, GCP Gemini) or AI agents to enhance automation and testing workflows.

- Enterprise Change Governance : Exposure to ITIL/ITSM pipelines, ideally including ServiceNow DevOps Change Velocity or Service Level Objectives (SLOs) as Code.

- Analytical Problem Solver : Connects fragmented telemetry across logs, APM traces, and load results to validate root causes rather than stopping at surface errors.

- Proactive "Shift-Left" Mentality : Instinctively works upstream with developers and architects early in the lifecycle to prevent performance regressions from ever reaching staging or production.

- Cross-Functional Collaborator : Seamlessly partners across diverse squads, platform teams, and product owners to translate complex NFRs and performance risks into actionable engineering tasks.

- Clear Risk Communicator : Capable of translating technical latency spikes, memory leaks, and degradation footprints into clear business and user-experience impacts.

What you'll experience :

- Be a part of Australia's largest retailer.

- Constant mentoring and training provided.

- Generous performance based bonus.

- 20 days annual leave.

- A flexible approach to work.

- Premium insurance coverage for you and your dependants.

Everyone belongs at Woolworths Group :

Diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging are key to realising our purpose of better together for a better tomorrow. We recognise the value our teams diversity brings to our business, customers, and communities and that teams with diverse experiences and backgrounds enrich our group and are better able to innovate and solve problems. As one of the largest employers in Australia and New Zealand, we aim to create a truly inclusive workplace where everyone feels that they belong, can be their best selves, and reach their full potential.

We encourage all candidates to apply; please let us know in your application if we can support you with any adjustments in the hiring process.

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